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Television Viewing at Home: Distances and Visual Angles of Children and Adults
- Source :
- Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 27:467-476
- Publication Year :
- 1985
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 1985.
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Abstract
- Television viewing distances, visual angles, and viewing angles were calculated for 217 children and 149 adults from 78 families. The data were obtained from time-lapse videotapes automatically recorded in the families' homes over 10-day periods. Viewing distance increases with age, and visual angle decreases with age. Viewers aged 17 years and younger viewed at an average distance of 225.3 em, at an average visual angle of 12.3 deg, and at an average viewing angle of 23.7 deg. Adult viewers watched TV at an average distance of 336.8 cm, an average visual angle of 6.6 deg, and at an average viewing angle of 23.3 deg. The best predictors of viewing location were (1) percentage of time the viewer watched TV from furniture, (2) room area, and (3) screen width.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Television viewing
Adolescent
Injury control
Accident prevention
Poison control
Human Factors and Ergonomics
050105 experimental psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Child
050107 human factors
Applied Psychology
Simulation
Preschool child
Analysis of Variance
School age child
05 social sciences
Age Factors
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Middle Aged
Viewing angle
Socioeconomic Factors
Child, Preschool
Regression Analysis
Optometry
Female
Television
Visual angle
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15478181 and 00187208
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e09499f2f7465a59440714dcc599d85